Christina Knapp, Gavin Brennen, and Rovin Blume-Kohout, each raised in Alaska, explain Quantum Information Science and their research challenges. What is quantum information science? · At low temperatures and small system sizes, nature acts very differently than our everyday life would indicate. For instance, particles can act probabilistically with their behavior changing dramatically if they are being observed. · Furthermore, particles can be highly correlated with each other so that...

Go is a strategic board game for two players in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent does. According to the International Go Federation, “The history of Go stretches back some 3000 years, yet throughout this time the rules have remained essentially the same. The game is thought to have originated in China or the Himalayas. Mythology has it that the future of Tibet was once decided over a Go board. It is said that a Buddhist ruler refused to go into battle and instead...

Professor Daniel Phil Gonzales is Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University. At his eveny, he offers a critical analysis of the establishment of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University and the role of Filipino Americans in its founding and development. Professor Daniel Phil Gonzales has a JD fro Hastings College of Law at UCSF and a BA in International relations from San Francisco State College. He is recipient of the prestigious 2011 Lifetime...

Delisa Renido discusses her new cookbook and demonstrates how to prepare delicious plant based recipes. The Barefoot Gardener in the Kitchen Cookbook contains 132 plant-based recipes for people who want to be slim & healthy and who love to eat. With color photographs, the cookbook highlights the use of whole plant foods that support optimal health and vitality. Delisa Renido, a former RN, holds a Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University and is a Certified Life...

The event, Let Your Memoir Be Your Resistance: How Booker Wright's granddaughter turned his story, and her journey to uncover it, into American History, welcomes Yvette Johnson. Yvette Johnson is author of The Song and the Silence: A Story about Family, Race, and What Was Revealed in a Small Town in the Mississippi Delta While Searching for Booker Wright. In 2011, she traveled back to Greenwood, Mississippi–home of the Emmett Till murder and home of the man convicted of slaying Medgar...

The presentation part 2 for the event Biblical Perspectives, Part 2 features Robert Diamante and his research on the material construct of the Israelite Ark Narrative. This presentation is part 2 for the event Biblical Perspectives, Part 2. It features Robert Diamante and his research on the material construct of the Israelite Ark Narrative. (Part 1, also posted in iTunes, features Rabbi Michael Oblath's examination of the Exodus Itinerary Sites.) At the event, artist and scholar...

The event Biblical Perspectives, Part 2, features Robert Diamante and his research on the material construct of the Israelite Ark Narrative. (Part 1, also posted in iTunes, features Rabbi Michael Oblath's examination of the Exodus Itinerary Sites.) At the event, artist and scholar Robert Diamante discusses his article “The State of the Ark” (Adornment, The Magazine of Jewelry & Related Arts, Volume 10 No. 4, 2016) and the composition of the Israelite Ark. An amazing examinatiion of...

At this event called Biblical Perspectives, Part 1 features Rabbi Michael Oblath and, also posted in iTunes, Part 2 features Robert Diamante who present their research on the Exodus from Egypt and The Israelite Ark Narrative Rabbi Michael Oblath presents his controversial research and discusses his book The Exodus Itinerary Sites: Their Locations from the Perspective of the Biblical Sources. In it, he investigates the biblical account for the path of the Exodus from Egypt. He is the Rabbi...

The presentation part 1 for the event Biblical Perspectives, Part 2 features Robert Diamante and his research on the material construct of the Israelite Ark Narrative. This presentation is part 1 for the event Biblical Perspectives, Part 2. It features Robert Diamante and his research on the material construct of the Israelite Ark Narrative. (Part 1, also posted in iTunes, features Rabbi Michael Oblath's examination of the Exodus Itinerary Sites.) At the event, artist and scholar...

Provacative artist Thomas Chung discusses his life, art, expression and American life. Born in New Jersey and raised in Hong Kong and New York City, Thomas Chung received a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree from the San Francisco Art Institute and a Master’s of Fine Arts Degree from Yale University. Having participated in numerous group and solo shows throughout the U.S., his multidisciplinary work has been written about in Art in America, The New Yorker, and Modern Painters Magazine. He...

This is the presentation for the event called Art and Everything Else by the provacative American artist Thomas Chung, Born in New Jersey and raised in Hong Kong and New York City, Thomas Chung received a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree from the San Francisco Art Institute and a Master’s of Fine Arts Degree from Yale University. Having participated in numerous group and solo shows throughout the U.S., his multidisciplinary work has been written about in Art in America, The New Yorker, and...

This presentation accompanies the event called Artist Thomas Chung presents Art and Everything Else. It highlights the work of artists who have influenced Thomas Chung's work and is shown at the end of his event. At the event Thomas Chung discussed his life, art, expression and American life. Born in New Jersey and raised in Hong Kong and New York City, he received a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree from the San Francisco Art Institute and a Master’s of Fine Arts Degree from Yale University. ...

Towards the end of the event Artist Thomas Chung presents Art and Everything Else, Thomas Chung shared his video project for his Master's of Fine Arts. Thomas Chung was born in New Jersey and raised in Hong Kong and New York City, Thomas Chung received a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree from the San Francisco Art Institute and a Master’s of Fine Arts Degree from Yale University. Having participated in numerous group and solo shows throughout the U.S., his multidisciplinary work has been...

Dr. Miklos Vassanyi presents The earliest Reports of Encounters with the Inuit in the Old Icelandic Sagas, Medieval Norwegian and North-European Chronicles and Greenland Deeds. Dr Miklos Vassanyi holds a PhD in Philosophy (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) and a PhD in History (ELTE University of Budapest). He is Associate Professor at Karoli University Budapest, Department of General Humanities, currently working as a Fulbright Visiting Researcher at the University of Minnesota‒Twin Cities,...

This is Dr. Miklos Vassanyi’s presentation for the event The earliest Reports of Encounters with the Inuit in the Old Icelandic Sagas, Medieval Norwegian and North-European Chronicles and Greenland Deeds. Dr Miklos Vassanyi holds a PhD in Philosophy (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) and a PhD in History (ELTE University of Budapest). He is Associate Professor at Karoli University Budapest, Department of General Humanities, currently working as a Fulbright Visiting Researcher at the...

According to Alexis Shotwell, “The world is in a terrible mess. It is toxic, irradiated, and full of injustice. Aiming to stand aside from the mess can produce a seemingly satisfying self-righteousness in the scant moments we achieve it, but since it is ultimately impossible, individual purity will always disappoint. Might it be better to understand complexity and, indeed, our own complicity in much of what we think of as bad, as fundamental to our lives?” Everyone is encouraged to reflect on...

Max McGrath and Johnny Johnson of UAA IT Services discuss challenges facing UA systems regarding new technology and security systems. The commitment to having access to information and Academic Freedom and throughout the UA community, Internet Neutrality, clouds, networks and accessing personal data highlighted. Max McGrath is the top Security Analyst in Information Technology Services at UAA.

Jessica Pliley presents Sexual Surveillance: Sex Trafficking and the Growth of the FBI, 1910-1941 America’s first anti–sex trafficking law, the 1910 Mann Act, made it illegal to transport women over state lines for prostitution “or any other immoral purpose.” It was meant to protect women and girls from being seduced or sold into sexual slavery. However, in upholding the Mann Act, the FBI built its national power by expanding its legal authority to police Americans’ sexuality and by...

Tom Harman and Gail Johnston present ALEKS: Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces, a New Approach to Teaching and Learning Mathematics. ALEKS in the classroom and the development of a Math Emporium model represents an exciting new approach to teaching and learning mathematics. Professor Tom Harman and Gail Johnston discusse how ALEKS works as an adaptive program, its application at UAA Learning Commons and his educational findings. Tom Harman and Gail Johnston are Associate...

Dr. Erin Hicks' research focuses on galaxy evolution and the role that supermassive black holes play in shaping galaxies into what we see today. Key to explaining the significance of supermassive black holes is understanding Active Galactic Nuclei, galaxies in which a black hole is actively consuming the surrounding gas and dust. Through studying these galaxies Dr. Hicks aims to solve the mystery of how the evolution of a black hole and its galaxy are intertwined. Dr. Erin Hicks is an...

Dong Nguyen is the UAA Campus Bookstore special event assistant. Since November 2014, he has designed provocative posters that encompass literary, faculty, Alaska and global themes. How Dong approaches graphic design, content and promotion is the focus of this event. In addition, why many people collect and frame his posters explored. (Note: Increase sound level for the first 6 minutes. An interesting Q & A begins at 20:04)

Benjamin Madley is Associate Professor of History and Chair of American Indian Studies at UCLA. At thie event, he discusses his book, An American Genocide, The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873. And as an historian of genocide, he shares his extensive research into the relationship between Indigenous people and colonizers. An American Genocide: the United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 is published by Yale University Press is highly...

Guest speaker Erika Monahan is Assistant Professor of History at the University of New Mexico. At this event she discusses her book The Merchants of Siberia: Trade in Early Modern Eurasia, recently nominated for the 2016 Early Slavic Studies Association Book Prize Offered will be a fresh analysis of Siberian trade and the Russia state during the late sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. (Note, the audio recording that accompanies the talk is also posted in iTunes.) According to Donald...

Guest speaker Erika Monahan is Assistant Professor of History at the University of New Mexico. At this event she discusses her book The Merchants of Siberia: Trade in Early Modern Eurasia, recently nominated for the 2016 Early Slavic Studies Association Book Prize Offered will be a fresh analysis of Siberian trade and the Russia state during the late sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. (Note, the slide show that accompanies the lecture is also posted in iTunes.) According to Donald...

Joan Tovsen presents Calendars and Time in the Eyes of Science and History. Joan Tovsen received a BA Public Communications with a minor in Geology at UAA and has done graduate work in environmental northern studies at UAF. Her business ventures include owning of a map store, working in the travel industry, in education, and as a tutor with therapeutic essential oils. Joan's foundation in scientific inquiry enables her to explore Biblical research in methodical and logical ways. At...